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Books : Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)by: Gustave Flaubert
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 Rating: - A MasterpieceThis book is probably a masterpiece. One woman's desperate quest for freedom, and the fatal futility of it as she ventures in a wrong direction. It's a tragedy of the human race: too great to live by rules, too small to be free. Overgrown for crude conventions, dwarfed by the challenges when you break them. Madame Bovary can't bear her mediocre existence. She loathes her role of the wife of a village doctor; she has no regard for her womanly duties; she cares little about public opinion. ... Read More Rating: - BeautifulHow does a man write as though he were a woman? This was well written, knuckle bighting beautiful stuff. I read a little of how this book has been recieved before I opened the book. I laughed at all the people who claimed that they were Madame Bovary. But to my dismay I too am her! This book has taught me so much about myself. I find it very hard to get emotionally involved in a book written by a man I just don't feel that they ever understand the mind of a woman but Mr ... Read More Rating: - Surprisingly modern writingI can well understand how controversial this novel was when it was first published. Overall it is a vicious portrayal of small town France. Most of the characters are revealed to be self-seeking and vain. At the heart of the story is Emma Bovary - and Flaubert is, I feel, ambivalent in his attitude to her. He sometimes describes her very favourably and at others as selfish hard-hearted. And we as readers share this ambivalence - is she a cruel temptress who cares little for her own child or is she a ... Read More Rating: - Yeah but No but Yeah but...I've always maintained that one shouldn't review a book they've studied there are many outside influences bearing down on your reading of the text: enjoyment of class, attitude towards school/teacher, and not least what you're being TOLD to think by teachers, notes and so on. Nevertheless I thought I'd just comment briefly here to clarify the last reviewer's point. It is my opinion that although Emma is the original footballer's wife (or at least wannabe since by no stretch of the imagination could ... Read More Rating: - The original trashy novel!!It is amazing that this book was written by a man because it appeals so well to the woman's senses. It appears a universial fact that women love Holby city and trashy soaps, well this novel is the two genres combined into one. Emma Bovary is the ultimate footballer's wife, spending lashiously and flirting seductively. With Flaubert's amazingly presise language this book is as enjoyable as devouring a whole chocolate cake without the calories! Browse for similar items by category:
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